Telangana: KCR’s ₹280 crore saree distribution plan barred by EC

The Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday, October 3, barred the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti government in Telangana, under caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, from distributing free sarees among poor women on the Bathukamma festival.

The poll panel communicated to the state Chief Electoral Officer that the state government is not permitted to distribute the sarees on the occasion of the festival from October 12.

The EC secretariat communicated this in response to a letter sent last week by Chief Electoral Officer........